Will he show up?

[joe552]

Ok an unexpected update. Do you believe this story? I don't. We were out last night in Double Shot and had quite a heated discussion. He wanted to find a room, and then a job. I said, no you must have job to pay for room. I finished by saying I will send him a month's rent from home when he has a job. Magically, his friend called this morning to offer him a job in a furniture store in Sri Racha. So off he went, with a couple hundred baht for the bus.

These guys are inventive, you have to give them that.

[Nirish guy]

Do you believe this story? I don't.

Thank fuck for THAT as I thought I was going to have to send the red cross to go and repatriate you as you'd lost your mind there for a minute - and if you send that months rent you DO need your head seen too ! So, good for him, he's got a job, his friend can sub him if he needs it, Thai's do that all the time, so he'll have his salary soon so no need whatsoever to dip into your limited funds !

[christianpfc]

He wanted to find a room, and then a job. I said, no you must have job to pay for room.
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I finished by saying I will send him a month's rent from home when he has a job.

Wherever I looked for rooms in Bangkok, they required a deposit of 1 or 2 monthly rents. So a room that costs 4000 THB per month requires an outlay of 4000 or 8000 THB, money many don't have. But clever landlords rent the same room out at 200 THB per day, and those who don't have enough money for deposit somehow manage to cough up 200 THB per day, thus paying 6000 THB for same room!

And you tell us that the trip to Khon Kaen would be too expensive!

[frequent]

Ok an unexpected update. Do you believe this story? I don't. We were out last night in Double Shot and had quite a heated discussion. He wanted to find a room, and then a job. I said, no you must have job to pay for room. I finished by saying I will send him a month's rent from home when he has a job. Magically, his friend called this morning to offer him a job in a furniture store in Sri Racha. So off he went, with a couple hundred baht for the bus.

These guys are inventive, you have to give them that.

Hence the phrase "rent boy"